With Wild Dogs Under the Auroras 3 1 



frightened him out of his wits. He fancied 

 he was the possessor of nearly every disease 

 therein described. 



With all the medicines with which I had 

 furnished him to heal the sicknesses of his 

 people, he liberally dosed himself, until 

 from their effects upon him he really became 

 sick. This, of course, added to his horror 

 and alarm. He neglected his work and 

 spent his time in feeling his pulse, looking 

 at his tongue in the glass, and industriously 

 dosing himself with every variety of drugs 

 in his possession. The climax was reached 

 when he took an overdose of quinine. The 

 word " hydrophobia," to him incomprehen- 

 sible, seemed at the time a fitting word to 

 represent his fears, as well as his reelings, 

 and hence the remarkable epistle from him 

 to me, which begins this chapter. 



As speedily as possible I prepared three 

 trains of dogs. Our sleds were heavily 

 loaded, principally with food supplies for 

 this Indian and his household. 



I secured a capital Indian guide, whose 

 duty was to run on his snowshoes ahead of 

 our dogs, to indicate the direction. There 

 was but little vestige of a road, as frequent 

 blizzard storms swept through those north- 



